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> Then there are single moms who don't get anything for their children. This is an example of a problem that's easy to state, but not at all easy to solve. If
by lutusp 13y ago
> Then there are single moms who don't get anything for their children.
This is an example of a problem that's easy to state, but not at all easy to solve. If we give money to single moms with no strings, this may provide incentive to have more children (an idea with substantial evidence). If we create a disincentive to address that problem, someone will surely accuse the state of promoting racist policies or trying to engineer a change in the genetic makeup of the population.
- guard-of-terra 13y agoWell, I've figured a solution here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6310186 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6310186
- lutusp 13y agoThat's not a solution. If the single mom gets the money, she has an incentive to make more children. If the children get the money, they have an incentive to become (as the saying goes) "children having children."
- guard-of-terra 13y agoShe doesn't have an incentive of having more than N children, after which payments degrade considerably. if N is 2, what you subsidy is normal healthy families.
- lutusp 13y ago> She doesn't have an incentive of having more than N children, after which payments degrade considerably. Meaning she gets less money than she got for the first few. But not no money, just less. > if N is 2, what you subsidy is normal healthy families. Normal healthy families of social parasites. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadya_Suleman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadya_Suleman
- guard-of-terra 13y agoShe also have to spend on children. Let's not count extreme examples because you could also sell children for organs, could not you? Social parasites are bankers and lawyers, why do you bring moms here, hello!?